A fully-resourced one hour lesson to introduce students to the character of Jessica in act 2 scene 3 of The Merchant of Venice . Students will complete a guided annotation and then consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica appear more or less sympathetic.
Learning Objective: Explore Jessica’s Character in Act 2.
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will read a summary of act 2 scenes 1 and 2.
- Students will read act 2 scene 3 and be guided through annotation of the scene before participating in a class discussion.
- Students will consider different ways of staging the scene to make Jessica more or less sympathetic to the audience.
Lesson Outline:
Do it now: Summarise act 1 in five sentences and then five words.
Starter: As a class, read a summary of Act 2 Scenes 1 & 2. Then as a class, read Act 2 Scene 3. Students then answer questions and share in a class discussion.
Activity 1: Guided annotation of scene.
Activity 2: Stage the scene with Jessica portraying different emotions to make her sympathetic to the audience.
Plenary: Personal response – to what extent is Jessica a victim?
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